source: general/prog/dejagnu.xml@ 23460a6

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<sect1 id="dejagnu" xreflabel="DejaGnu-&dejagnu-version;">
<sect1info>
<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
<date>$Date$</date>
</sect1info>
<?dbhtml filename="dejagnu.html"?>
<title>DejaGnu-&dejagnu-version;</title>
<indexterm zone="dejagnu">
<primary sortas="a-DejaGnu">DejaGnu</primary>
</indexterm>

<sect2>
<title>Introduction to <application>DejaGnu</application></title>

<para><application>DejaGnu</application> is a framework for running test suites 
on <acronym>GNU</acronym> tools. It is written in <command>expect</command>, 
which uses <application>Tcl</application> (Tool command language).</para>

<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<itemizedlist spacing="compact">
<listitem><para>Download (HTTP): 
<ulink url="&dejagnu-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download (FTP): 
<ulink url="&dejagnu-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download MD5 sum: &dejagnu-md5sum;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download size: &dejagnu-size;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated disk space required: 
&dejagnu-buildsize;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated build time: 
&dejagnu-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect3>

<sect3><title><application>DejaGnu</application> dependencies</title>
<sect4><title>Required</title>
<para><xref linkend="expect"/></para>
</sect4>

<sect4><title>Optional</title>
<para><xref linkend="docbook-utils"/></para>
</sect4>
</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Installation of <application>DejaGnu</application></title>

<para>Install <application>DejaGnu</application> by running the following 
commands:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=/usr &amp;&amp;
make</command></userinput></screen>

<para>Now, as the root user:</para>

<screen><userinput role='root'><command>make install &amp;&amp;
make install-doc</command></userinput></screen>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>

<segmentedlist>
<segtitle>Installed Program</segtitle>
<segtitle>Installed Scripts</segtitle>
<segtitle>Installed Directory</segtitle>

<seglistitem>
<seg>runtest</seg>
<seg>There are numerous <application>Expect</application> scripts installed in 
the <filename class='directory'>/usr/share/dejagnu</filename> hierarchy.</seg>
<seg>/usr/share/dejagnu</seg>
</seglistitem>
</segmentedlist>

<variablelist>
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>

<varlistentry id="runtest">
<term><command>runtest</command></term>
<listitem><para>is the <application>DejaGnu</application> test driver program. 
It is used to control what tests to run, and variations on how to run 
them.</para>
<indexterm zone="dejagnu runtest">
<primary sortas="b-runtest">runtest</primary>
</indexterm></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>

</sect2>

</sect1>